Sergio Valverde

👨‍💼 Platform Engineer & Automation Engineer👨‍💼

- Creating a platform in Kubernetes to enable developers to host their apps more simply, to deploy, operate, and manage.

- Automate manual / legacy processes

- Deploy and manage automation tools like UIPath

👨‍💼 DevOps and Platform Engineer 👨‍💼

In my role as a DevOps and Platform Engineer, I focus on enhancing development processes and infrastructure through automation and collaboration:

- GitHub Trainer: I conduct training sessions on GitHub, GitHub Actions, Administrator and GitHub Copilot, helping teams and clients maximize their use of these tools.

- Client Engagement: I gather client requirements to propose tailored solutions and create roadmaps based on their priorities.

- Platform Management: I set up and manage a GitHub platform for client, DevOps, and Security teams, ensuring effective collaboration.

- Code Migration: I lead the code migration from BitBucket servers and Cloud to GitHub and GitHub Enterprise, including user management and enterprise configurations.

- CI/CD Pipeline Migration: I oversee the transition of CI/CD pipelines from Bamboo and BitBucket to GitHub Actions and Workflows, optimizing performance and maintainability.

- Knowledge Sharing: I organize internal talks on GitHub, GitHub Copilot, and Docker, fostering a culture of continuous learning.

- Documentation: I contribute to an internal and client documentation for the providing best practices and troubleshooting guidelines.

Through these efforts, I aim to create a collaborative environment that drives efficiency and innovation within client teams.

👨‍💼 DevOps and Infrastructure👨‍💼

I have been an Infrastructure and DevOps Team Member at a leading payment services company. In this role, I've had a wide range of responsibilities, from managing the development platform to handling production incidents, all while ensuring continuous monitoring and observability of our systems.

Working within a team of 5 dedicated professionals, we wholeheartedly adopted the principles of 'ALL as CODE' and 'Keep it simple'. These principles played a vital role in building the company's infrastructure entirely from the ground up.

Some notable achievements and responsibilities during this tenure include:

🚀 Implementation of Robust CI/CD Platform: Spearheaded the implementation of a robust Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) platform on GitHub and Kubernetes (k8s). This platform emphasizes scalability, reusability, and simplified product creation and management through a centralized repository.

🛠️ Management of Critical Tools: Successfully deployed, configured, and managed essential tools such as Kafka, SonarQube, and StatusPage. Utilized code-based configurations to ensure easy maintenance, scalability, and replicability, which is pivotal in disaster recovery or cloud migration scenarios.

In addition to my role, it's important to note that our team, including me, played a pivotal role in establishing the company, creating its processes, and building all its systems from scratch. This hands-on experience has provided us with in-depth insights into every aspect of our operations. Creating a company from the ground up encourages continuous learning and problem-solving, fostering adaptability to industry changes. As a result, I bring a well-rounded skill set and a problem-solving mindset to my work, which I believe are vital for success in my role, given the ever-evolving nature of the industry. 💪🌟